BETA
Chapter 1
Sparking the dark
Chapter 2
Engineering the glow
Chapter 3
A global festival of lights
Chapter 4
Farewell and glowing legacy
Ch 3 · A global festival of lights
dorothy Match each glowing float to its country to discover how the parade welcomed the world.
BETA
dorothy Arrange the glowing floats to learn how the Main Street Electrical Parade made history.
dorothy Global Festival of Lights
Half-million lights, spinning through the night, glowing round the world
dorothy Disney frequently shipped entire parade fleets across oceans to refresh different parks.
Fun Fact
Blue lights: True blue lights were impossible to make for the parade until Japanese scientists invented the blue LED in the 1990s.
dorothy Disneyland Paris adapted the parade in 1992 to handle the cold, wet European climate.
Glossary
spectacular (noun)
A large-scale, lavishly produced show or performance. Tokyo Disneyland debuted its own version of the glowing nighttime spectacular on March 9, 1985.
A large-scale, lavishly produced show or performance. Tokyo Disneyland debuted its own version of the glowing nighttime spectacular on March 9, 1985.
Quiz
In what year did the first international version of the Electrical Parade debut at Tokyo Disneyland?
Quiz
What scientific breakthrough in the 1990s allowed parade designers to finally use bright blue lights?
Quiz
How did Disney transport entire parade fleets between California, Florida, and Europe?
Quiz
What was the name of the high-tech successor parade that debuted at Tokyo Disneyland in 2001?
Quiz
Which Disney park's parade fleet was sent to Disneyland Paris in 1997 after its California retirement?
Quiz
What material was added inside the Disneyland Paris performer costumes to protect them from European winters?
Quiz
Why were Tokyo's floats able to be much larger and heavier than the original California versions?